| 1. | He was promoted in virtue of his abilities .
他是靠他的才能被提升的。 |
| 2. | They extol the virtues of the peaceful life .
他们称赞宁静生活的美处。 |
| 3. | We would make a virtue of necessity .
我们要把迫不得已而为的事装成出于好心而为。 |
| 4. | Molecules rotate and vibrate by virtue of their heat .
分子因热效应而发生转动和振动。 |
| 5. | The lessons he had heard taught him the virtue of patience .
过去所受的教育使他知道耐心的重要。 |
| 6. | The virtues of the invisible hand must be that much discounted .
看不见的手的效能必然要相应地降低。 |
| 7. | Being short of money , i made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking .
我因缺钱，倒也乐得把烟戒了。 |
| 8. | The virtues of the mothers shall, occasionally, be visited on the children .
母亲积了德，往往会报在孩子身上。 |
| 9. | He believed in the virtues of america, its cheerfulness and newness .
他相信美国的美德，还有它的活泼，它的新异。 |
| 10. | The potential energy is energy the system possesses by virtue of its configuration .
势能是体系由于它的相对位置而具有的能。 |
